Rigging A 4 Part Line to Move a Dead 1946 Farmall Meili Blumberg Grader

The International M Farmall tractor has an extremely heavy Meili-Blumberg road grader conversion added to it. The Grader is fully hydraulic and complete with a set of scarifiers. However, the motor is locked up from close to 20 years of sitting. No matter, dead or alive, we needed to move it forward and did so with the Ramsey RE8000 winch converted for use in a 2" Reece receiver. We moved it approximately six feet and the battery was wearing down in the truck rapidly when the Missus comes up with a stellar plan. The suggestion was to unload what was needed to be unloaded BEHIND where the Farmall is now. It turned out to be enough room if we move the dead JD 50 that was sitting there. THAT simple thought saved a couple hours of hard work simply because the 50 is so much lighter and easier to move with just another tractor.
So as abruptly as the video begins, the video comes to an end leaving us with the thoughts of the impending move of the John Deere tractor. Thanks and kudos to the Missus for once again thinking outside of the box to make my day easier !! #rigging, #international, #tractor

[@1lilfarm]

The Missus is the shining star again today! LOL She know you pretty well. Do you have an idea of how much that M grader weighs??? 😯😯😯

[@tractorman4461]

The Missus blushed a little with your comment....LOL. I think it easily goes 10,000 and quite possible over that with the scarifiers. But its really only a guesstimate.

[@timbervisions]

Your lovely wife is cracking me up. She is so supportive...HA!

[@tractorman4461]

She really enjoys poking a bit of fun at my eclectic collection of rusty stuff though!! Thanks for the kind words for the Missus.

[@AHughes-y2q]

Hey there. It's sounds like my cousin needs a spreadsheet to keep track of all of Tractorman44's tractors. 😊

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahaha....That might be a good idea...but then she'd KNOW when another one sneaks in under the radar. Maybe I could blame it on a computer glitch....??? Of course I'm not admitting to ever 'sneaking' one in though. Well...maybe. (-;

[@OldSneelock]

I never like the process of explaining the what and whys? behind my purchase decisions. Quite often they are based on availability vs cost. If it was free it doesn't matter if I have 1 or 100. It didn't cost anything. If it takes up space in an out of the way place that is free also. I think some people only see items for their value to be used elsewhere. As in what can it be sold for to convert into some other item they want. I once made the mistake of assigning a price to an item. It was eventually sold for a lot more than I paid for it. I never spent a dime of the proceeds on anything connected with the workshop or tools. The 8N original price is lost in the mists of time and I have never found anyone willing to risk putting a price on it in the hearing of my family. 😎

[@tractorman4461]

Good thoughts....I agree wholeheartedly. Sometimes a guy just can't pass up a deal. Btw. how far are you from Leslie Mi..?

[@tomfillmore9710]

Good for the misses coming up with a plan while doing a filming job thumps up to her . that was a neat set up for pulling very strong thanks for sharing you guys have a great week

[@tractorman4461]

Yes I sure was glad she thought of a different way to get in behind the tractor. That really save some time Tom.

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

It's amazing what you can move with a winch and some line rigging Wendell 😁👍

[@tractorman4461]

No doubt Zane. Guys like you are the real pro's though. I'm sure you've done your share of heavy moving...but then you have the proper equipment for it.

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Good Evening Sir, Very Nice Commentator Voice 🌹🌹😇👍Cheaky voice at some point when noise was coming up from the non movable OBJECT LOL : ) Severe me in two : ) OUTSTANDING Team Work Effort In The Danger Area ; ) LOL Cheers

[@tractorman4461]

A fella can't be too safe around cables under tension Dave !! The 3/8 cable was nowhere near breaking point with this load though. The REAL danger comes when subjected to an extreme 'shock load' with a big tractor or dozer. You create a whip !! She liked the concept of the carpet to deaden the cable just in case.

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

A M farmall weighs around 5000 pounds and all that extra steel must weigh 4000. I dont think you are gonna move iit unless you unlock the brakes. I like the missus remarks. I get much the same. What is wrong with the M Engine? I have some good used sleeves and pistons.

[@tractorman4461]

The main thing that's wrong is I don't need to start the rebuild on another one...I've got a couple in line already, so a swap would be the best for me at this time. Unless of course, I can't find one. I have a fella on tictok that says he's got a good 400 engine up in Michigan. I have to verify bolt-up before I buy it though.

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

@@tractorman4461 A 400 engine will fit in a m. It has 286 cube's and a standard M is 248 cubes and a super M is 264.

[@tonyjones9715]

Another great video 👏👏👏

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Tony...at least we had fun making it !! I DO enjoy when she agrees to give me a little help with something though.

[@gatorsworld]

That’s an active place your running and your lucky that your lady is helping you.....CHEERS

[@tractorman4461]

Yes, its really good to have the camera on 'automatic' mode...That way I don't have to start and stop just to move the camera. Plus with her helping, I automatically get built in narration with the video .I don't have to do a voice over !!

[@codydowling1120]

Your wife is AWESOME! She's been in love with you for a WHILE! :) May every man find a woman who signs up to love on crazy men with fantastically bad ideas.

[@tractorman4461]

Yeah...I can't seem to shake her off for approaching 50 years now !! LOL She does like to come give me a hand in the nice weather and always has her own view on whatever the situation is. Btw...you cracked her up with that and said you get the gold star for the comment of the day !! (-: Have a wonderful day my friend and stay safe.

[@zergo0621]

Thank you Tractorman! Hope you got my email..I sent 2 I think.. take care buddy!

[@tractorman4461]

I'll check real soon and get back with you.

[@treepop1550]

Very relatable dialogue between you and the missus!! Good wholesome entertainment! Be careful she might steal some of your celebrity jk,lol- love your channel !!

[@tractorman4461]

Well, she DOES enjoy poking fun at me just a little on occasion. But only during good weather though. LOL. She has a definite distaste to foul or cold weather so at least I'm safe then. Thank you for the kind thoughts about the channel. We can't be serious all the time. (-;

[@gusswenson7811]

Good evening Wendell… Aren’t you glad you asked your wife to help and film for you… hahahahahaha So I have a question for you.. Have you ever been standing on your property with your son and put your arm around his shoulders and said to hi Son someday this is all going to be yours! Hahahahahahaha Just kidding… Thanks for sharing my friend.. Cheers

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahahaha...I would, but I'm afraid I'd be dis-owned Gus ...LOL. Believe it or not, I'm in 'unclutter' mode and trying to move some stuff on down the highway !! Thank you for stopping by today.

[@Motodoo]

That's a heavy beast to try to move with the brakes stuck. My uncle destroyed a set of rear tires on his old 1 ton ford pulling a W6 McCormick home from town that kept locking up on him. That old M grader will sure be a nice workhorse once you get it running again

[@tractorman4461]

Yeah its a lot of weight, but the 4 part line was doing it though !! I should've left the truck running. But no matter, the 5 or 6 feet we moved it allowed us to change direction by moving the JD for a spot to unload behind the grader. I bet your uncle was aggravated with the tire destruction. But its just part of the deal that goes with old tractors isn't it. (-;

[@danw6014]

You do realize that she is having a big auction before the grass starts to grow around the headstone.😂😂. My wife is the same way, although she does love to go to the tractor shows. Now, if you lived on my road, she would insist that you get that grader in working order to get the the road graded. My county has graded the road twice in the last year. There were potholes 8 to 10 inches deep and as big as a pickup truck last summer.

[@tractorman4461]

I live 3/10 mi back off the road, so I've been using the smaller Allis Chalmers Speed Patrol for years in the snow as well as for grading the gravel. This thing will be a great improvement over that little guy. But yes, I know the junk man is gonna have a hey-day when my obit hits the paper !! (-: I've disintegrated the right rear rim on the Allis last grading session, so it's down for a while. )-:

[@denisedeon3336]

once moved a 27 inch high be 23 foot long i beam with a floor jack and roller across my yard and into my shop ...perfect work bench.. you can do anything if you use your brain

[@tractorman4461]

Oh heck yeah...I've done some similar projects that to some are seemingly impossible as well. Just a little thinking is all it takes. Thanks for the input today !!

[@dmfor9001]

Years ago helping out a neighbour he asked me to hook Khrushchev up to a wagon. I was a bit confused but Khrushchev was his nick name for the Belarus tractor he had.

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahaha.....That's funny !! Guys under 50 might have a hard time catching that one though. LOL. You're telling me your age without telling me your age. (-;

[@rickburris6164]

Always good to have The Missus on a video and her genius saved a lot of work. Kudos to her. How many tractors do you have?

[@tractorman4461]

......The Missus does come up with some good ideas from time to time..and this was one of them. I was going to just move it back in place after unloading the truck anyway. The simple answer to how many tractors is...not enough. LOL. Actually, I've been selling a few and intend on selling at least a couple dozen more. Most of the will be cheap just to move 'em out.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

You two are so hilarious!! 🤣🤣"You are gonna put it down on death row, no no...beside your flower bed". Ohhh no you are not 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That winch set up worked out great, amazing how those snatch blocks work, I was blown away years ago when I attended wreck master schooling for tow trucks. I really enjoy seeing y'all together, and she is one in a million to be out helping ya!! Looking fwd to what" is on the truck" you needed the overhead for!! And kuddo's to the Misuses commentary 😉😉😁😁👍👍 Thank you Mr Wendell, been lurking in the shadows, usually weeks late but watching most of them!! 😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@tractorman4461]

Good Morning Nelson...!! Good to hear from you. It sure IS tough to find spare time to watch stuff isn't it. I feel your pain and am in the same boat. I'm just glad I'm done with the 'daily duty' on the clock any more. Thanks for the awesome comment concerning what the Missus adds with her narrations. I never know what's she's gonna ask while filming or most of the time what she's saying during the video until editing time. I gotta get up way before breakfast to get ahead of her...and it still doesn't work very well for me either. Take care and thanks again for such a cool comment. Yessir...running behind is my way of life.... (-;

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@@tractorman4461 😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

[@leonardryan8723]

Wendell great video buddy , big money in scrap metal now .

[@tractorman4461]

The Missus got dollar signs for eyeballs like Scrooge McDuck when I read your comment to her. LOL Now I'm sure you didn't mean to haul this one off for scrap though...... Thanks for the smile this morning Leonard.

[@bluegrallis]

I was thinking you should just get the OK to buy a 30 ton excavator, then you could unload your truck just about anywhere 🤣

[@tractorman4461]

Now I LIKE the way you think !! THAT would solve virtually all my problems wouldn't it....even putting logs on the sawmill. Thanks for the thoughts...but I'm thinking it'd be a hard sell. (-;

[@Dave_Smith_1958]

Wendell you might want to listen to the missus more often. She has some good ideas.

[@tractorman4461]

Well, I agree that she has her moments Dave. LOL This was a good one too, for moving the JD once we got the International moved 5 or 6 feet. I'd have kept going further if the truck battery didn't do down though.

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

I think the lady videoing needs a raise aka wife 😂😂

[@tractorman4461]

Shhhhhh.....I sure don't want her to hear THAT...(-; She does add a particular flair to my daily tribulations though. Thanks for stopping in for a visit.

[@tractormike685]

"I remember that, he actually had running tractors!" She sounds like my wife!!! 😂😂😂

[@tractorman4461]

Sometimes I gotta shake her memory a bit, ya know. This gentleman had a tremendously large collection...most of them re-done completely or very close to being completed. In addition to sheds stacked full, there were numerous shipping containers stuffed full as well. Shoe horned in perfectly.

[@tractormike685]

@tractorman4461 I understand... I have 3 garages, and they're packed like sardines inside them all! Lol

[@jeffmc7946]

Does she write her own material? She is great!

[@tractorman4461]

She's like me...it's all off the cuff. She loves to stump me with a question and I never have any idea just WHAT she's gonna say or ask. Much of the stuff I don't even hear until editing time. Thanks Jeff for stopping by for another one.

[@catfish500mark9]

☆☆☆☆☆

[@tractorman4461]

Good Morning. my friend. Good to see ya today. Thanks for the visit.

[@Wheelloader__]

😎🚜😁🤙🤙

[@tractorman4461]

Good morning my friend. Its been quite busy around here...

[@SK-tr9ii]

Listening to the female narrative I noticed that sometimes those are "your" tractors and sometimes they were "our" tractors. ???

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahaha....yeah, I've noticed that over the years.... In actuality, she's HAS bought at least one of them for me at a yard sale. And it was one that wasn't even for sale, sitting behind the peoples house !! Another time she bought me a 1937 Interntional stationary baler for three bucks too.... A good woman knows a bargain.

[@SK-tr9ii]

@@tractorman4461 Well, for crying out loud...she's sending mixed signals! I suppose that might be necessary to keep things in check lest every hunk of old iron should follow you home. We already know that space is at a premium so quality supersedes quantity.

[@tractorman4461]

@@SK-tr9ii Hahahaha...yeah buddy !!

[@regsparkes6507]

Ahhh, the calming voice of reason!

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahaha...Sanity too....(-; Sure helped me out with this one.

[@regsparkes6507]

@@tractorman4461 Proving once again that "two heads are better than one".

[@316jd140]

I can help you find a place for the John Deere 50. You can move it a few miles south to my house.....

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahahaha....Thanks for the offer Terry. I'll keep that in mind my friend. LOL

[@316jd140]

@@tractorman4461 It would be sort of like marriage counseling. It's the least I can do.

[@tractorman4461]

@@316jd140 Hahahaha...thanks for your concern....LOL.

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

An uncanny feat of engineering fer ser Thanks to The Missus! I was having fun watching that heavy machine being move inch by inch. I had a friends van here for a number of years that was supposed to be here a few months. And of course after a time it wouldn’t start and the battery was plum no good! Our friend didn’t have the title and her friend she bought it from moved to Taiwan. So my other friend got it to scrap but with no title he had to cut it apart. Well making a short story long, Bobby’s roll back was suffering from a weak battery, his winch that is! It was a heavy duty Ford van with the extended body and flat tires, no that wouldn’t hold air more than a minuet. So it took three hours just to get it on the trailer. When we finally got it tied down it was time for a CuppaJO fer ser! Which brings to mind they Drippin, Tippin and Sippin I’ll be doing your ways inna morning! And a special Tippin to The Baroness Missus 44 for her engineering skills saving time, energy more time for sippin! After all that buttoning I recon I say good night for now and wait for the JO Faeries to dance in me head and cast flavorful spells over the JOpot, which is overseen by Sir Richard the Coffee Hearted. Time to shut down my brain to drain all the useless stuff that prevents me from even more stupid stuff that’s plum fun, like rubber chickens for example. Hand buzzers is another but I don’t know where mine is! shuzamm! Gluing a quarter to the sidewalk is cool and watching people trying to pick it up but we ain’t got none sidewalks! Whoopie cushions are a must but mine broke from use years back, heart breaking indeed! I remember a buddy put a whoopie cushion under our 5th grade teachers chair, where she always had a cushion and space underneath for the whoopie. We all were not fond of this teacher and terrified of her at the same time. Chuckie had nerves of steel and other parts too. And when Miss and ancient teacher came in and sat down! Well that Bronx CHEER FILLED the classroom. Of course we were too scared to laugh and she never found out who was the whoopie wacko! She weren’t happy none! I must say upon hearing the huge rippppppppppp! When she sat her large buttox down it was truly a test of strength and courage to with hold the laughter! See? All this just because of a winch and four snatch blocks! But I’ll talk about my remote control fart machine that was a fine gift I must say, that I hid in the guest room so when guests settled in for the night and me with the remote downstairs? You can imagine the great fun of pressing the button of a well hidden machine! But that’s all I have to say about that except the time I hid it in a large heavy box my friend was carrying down a sidewalk in Lancaster. When anyone walked by of course DaveyJO would work the remote, Riiiiiupppppppppp! Okay okay, no more no more. This here is DaveyJO Anna I’m shutting down the rusty and spoiled gray matter! Many Squeezez Pkeezez!

[@tractorman4461]

Once again a lot to unpack here DaveyJO !! I'm afraid if the Missus was the fifth grade teacher at the time, Imma thinkin' she'd have come unglued. LOL Now if you'd have had my winch and snatch blocks available, that old van would have loaded a lot easier. We still sitting here talking about you and your overachieving brain. We still can't figure out where it all comes from....LOL. Take care and enjoy the morning coffee as are we. Tippin' towards Pa. as well.

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

@@tractorman4461 it comes from outer space I recon but a few lobotomy kits might help. When I go to stores, at least where they know me, I’ll ask if there lobotomy kits came in yet. At the Amish Walmart I often ask if their shipment of remote control shovels and rakes came in. It’s good for a laugh or two however sometimes I’m looked at sideways in stores. This lets me know I’m doin good, eh? Tippin another CuppaJO your way in a few minuets!

[@tractorman4461]

@@daveyjoweaver6282 Hahaahaha...I'm sure you are well known anywhere near your community my friend. LOL

[@tractorman4461]

@@daveyjoweaver6282 Oh oh...gremlins at it again....I left another message last night and its not here today. )-:/ I think I said something like I'm sure you are well known all around your area.

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

@@tractorman4461 I recon a few know meself. Like I always say at store heck outs, “I have some pennys but I ain’t got no sense!